Improvement in machines for blocking ribbons



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l VeEo'RGE VINCENT, or sTooKToN, CALIFORNIA,

of Stockton, county of SanJoaquin, State of Califor- `nia,` haveinvented anewand useful Machine for `Blocking Ribbons, Laces, or othergoodsv that are usually blocked, of which lthe following is aspecification. y

Description of Accompany/mg Drawing. Figure 1 is a side view ofthemachine. Figure 2 is an end view of the same. `Figure `3'is a topviewof` `the same.

igurelfgjs aface v iew of, lhedisks O and D. ignre 5 ls aside viewoftlyiechuck or center, to he lused when theigoods arewider thanthelengt-h oi' thc `blockor board upon which tlleyareto'lle blocked.`

` ,Figure (i is a to'p view of Iig. 5.

i General Deschiptz'on. A. and Bare standards, with suitable bearings toe the axleslof the disks Gand DY ects below the bed-piece, and'ha-s anarm turning under thesame, and `is provided wit-l1 a thumb-screw orother suitable device for the purpose of securing the machine to acounter-table or'bench.

` Attached tothe standard `A` is the guide-F, the opposite end of whichis secured to the bed-pieceat G.

The standardil slides loosely upon the guide, and is kept inits uprightpositiohby the contact of its The standards Aand B are connected by acon traoting, spiral, ora rubber spring, L, or au expandingspringof anysuitable ma. erialmay be used he-` Vtween' the` standard Band f he' lugGfor the saine purpose.

' The disks O and I) are `I ade with one or `.more grooves, H H, acrosstheir faxes, to receive a card or `board, such as are used for lares andother goods, and

ooks or rollers, such as are us d for ribbons. i f Eau I in suitablebearings on the standards A and B, and the` axle ot' C having the.oraal;` J attached to it.

` The ,disks are provided with `weights O O, for the Beitknown that I,`GEGE VINCENT, of the city i of thedisksz() and Dihas an axle supported iLetters Patent No. 112,656, dated March 14, 1871.

purpose of bringing the grooves H H in proper posi tion for thereception of the card or board to be used.

The operationof the machine is as follows:

Forhlocking ribbons the standard B is drawnrback `and the block to beused is placed between the disks C- and D, when the contraction of thespring L will force the points l I into the block sutioieutly to hold itiu position while being turned by the crank J to wind the ribbon, theedges ofthe ribbon at the saine tinie being guided by the faces of thedisks.

For blocking,l laces orsimilar goods. the weights O O, by theirgravitybring the grooves H H parallel to each other, so that when thestandard B is drawn back to admit the card or board it can be placed inboth grooves at once, thus keepingit central with the axes of the disks.

For blocking goods that are wider than the lengthv I of the block orboard upon which they are to be blocked, thevdisk Dl is reinoved fromits hearing by removing thc screw or pinM, (which secures the axleendwise by fitting into a groove) and replaced by the chuck or center N,which is small enough to allow the goods to wind around it.

When it is desirable to unwind goods rapidly the crank J can be removedby taking out the screw or pin l. i

` The object of my invention is to make a portable blocker, easilyadjusted to different lengths or widths ol' blocks or boards upon whichgoods are blocked7 and which can be readily attached to any counter,table, or bench, and especially adapted to the use ol" retail dealers indry-goods.

. Claim; I What l claina as my invention, and wish to secure by LettersPatent, si he disks C andD with the grooves H H and the points I I I I,in cominination with thc standards A B, substantially as and for thepurposes hereinbefore Set forth.

GEORGE VINCENT. Witnesses:

HERBERT EHIHALL,

`G. C. HYATT.

